Fake_AdobeReader_EXE


Description

Detects an fake AdobeReader executable based on filesize OR missing strings in file

Query · yara

strings:
      $s1 = "Adobe Systems" ascii

      $fp1 = "Adobe Reader" ascii wide
      $fp2 = "Xenocode Virtual Appliance Runtime" ascii wide
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and
      filename matches /AcroRd32.exe/i and
      not $s1 in (filesize - 2500..filesize)
      and not 1 of ($fp*)
Raw source Fake_AdobeReader_EXE · YARA
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Published by Neo23x0/signature-base ↗, licensed under Detection Rule License 1.1 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule Fake_AdobeReader_EXE {
   meta:
      description = "Detects an fake AdobeReader executable based on filesize OR missing strings in file"
      date = "2014-09-11"
      author = "Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)"
      score = 50
      nodeepdive = 1
      nodeepdive = 1
      id = "e3dd9d94-9f4b-5ff9-bfec-29abfb3555bb"
   strings:
      $s1 = "Adobe Systems" ascii

      $fp1 = "Adobe Reader" ascii wide
      $fp2 = "Xenocode Virtual Appliance Runtime" ascii wide
   condition:
      uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and
      filename matches /AcroRd32.exe/i and
      not $s1 in (filesize - 2500..filesize)
      and not 1 of ($fp*)
}

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